Steve Vai: VIVID LIFE, UNIQUE CONCEPTS AND THE DRUG STORY OF ROCK AND ROLL
Written by Vsevolod Baronin
Interview by Vsevolod Baronin.
Taken on 10/25/2008, Moscow, Russia. Originally published in Russian.
What is eccentricity for a world-class rock musician? Play 20 notes per second? To patent a seven-string electric guitar? To record a live album with an unheard-of and unimaginable creative concept? Or, finally, go on tour with master classes in Russia, not excluding cities like Ryazan that are quite unique for a musician of such level? Well, since Steve Vai, who does not need the introduction as the electric guitar maestro, did all of the above, we can award him the title of rock eccentric #1. Surprisingly, when communicating in person, Steve turned out to be not at all the character that his music and stage shows represent, but a very polite interlocutor who answers even the trickiest questions in great detail. Steve's answers, of course, sometimes radiate hints of the aforementioned eccentricity and that's why they are good: they allow you to look at familiar concepts from a completely unexpected side, which, perhaps, would never have occurred to a person who is not a rock guitarist of a truly galactic level.
North America Fashion Week Returns To Support Diversity
Written by Editorial
North America Fashion Week returns to Renton to celebrate fashion and diversity, featuring designers from India, Asia, and locals from Washington State.
Founders of NAFW Menka and Ashish Soni are very excited to produce this event in person after a hiatus in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. North America Fashion Week will take place in grand ballroom at Hyatt Regency Lake Washington, Renton on September 16 -19.
Metropolitan Fashion Week is back to Seattle! #MetroFW
The show will be honoring 1st Responders many of which will also be modeling in the Julie Danforth segment.
- WHEN: Saturday, August 28, 2021
- WHERE: Seattle Chinese Garden 5640 16th Ave. SW, West Seattle, WA 98106
- TIME: Due to the size of the audience there will be two shows that take place outdoors:
Early show starts at 5:00PM / Late show starts at 7:00PM. Both shows are exactly the same. - Limited tickets available at Seattle Metropolitan Fashion Week 2021 | Shindigg.co
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 24, 2021
by David Bailey
Event Name: Fashion is ART Release Party
Event Date: Saturday, May 1st 5:30 PM & 8PM
Event Location: Tin Can Alley Tacoma
Event Website: www.fashionisart.net
Due to Covid-19, we have decided to film Fashion is ART and release it for an in-person screening at our Fashion is ART Release Party on Saturday, May 1st at Tin Can Alley in Tacoma. The Fashion is ART Release Party will be having two screenings of Fashion is ART 2021 both with a limited number of tickets available, so we have decided to release Fashion is ART online free to the public on Thursday, May 6th.
Ryan James Fine Arts Gallery in partnership with Patricia Cameron Gallery presents "Duality", a conceptual exhibition of paintings and mixed media works by Seattle based artists Milan Heger.
Ryan James, the gallery director, shares the vision of Milan Heger’s “Duality” exhibition: “Milan embarked on the road of creating art as a young man, in response to the uniformity of colorless propaganda around him during the totalitarian regime he grew up in. Therefore, unique and original became the hallmark of his soulful art expression. Covering the non-objectionable in his performance art or in his mixed-media works, Milan Heger looks for the essence of what makes us human.”
Traditional Vietnamese Art Through The Eyes Of The World Beauty Queen
Written by Editorial
Traditional Vietnamese art has a very long and rich history, which is going back as far as 10,000 years to the times of the Stone Age. Starting in the 2nd century BC, Vietnam fell under the millennium of Chinese domination, which deeply influenced Vietnamese arts and culture and we can see that influence continued and started to really flourish after the independence from China in the 10th century AD and through the centuries. Beginning in the 1860s and until the 1970s, was a period in Vietnamese history that brought strong influence of French art under colonial rule.
Despite such heavy impact from various foreign powers, Vietnamese art preserved and retained its unique and distinctive character and style, especially the art of silk painting, which has been a big part of Vietnamese culture for ages.
Jake Morelli Releases Debut Single “Memory” Featuring Nahla Bee
Written by Editorial
Guitarist/Producer Jake Morelli, sideman-no-more steps into the spotlight with soulful debut single “Memory” ft Nahla Bee via D-Tone Victorious.
Philadelphia, PA - Jan 15, 2021 - Jake Morelli, a 3rd generation musician originally from NY (now living in Philly), has worked with some of today's top artists: Bruno Mars, Ed Sheeran, The Roots, Jonas Brothers & Roberta Flack to name a few. When not producing music for various artists and companies from his brother-in-law Questlove’s Philly studio, Jake is about that “road” life. Last year things came to a dramatic halt. While on tour in Dubai and working for Quincy Jones, quarantine hit, leaving him stranded in his hotel room for 3 months.
SLEEPING BEAUTY DREAMS STARTS US TOUR with NYC SHOW on Nov 2nd
Written by Editorial
NEW YORK (Monday, Oct 28, 2019) – During the internationally infamous weekend of Miami Art Week 2018, thousands gathered for the world premiere of Sleeping Beauty Dreams, a contemporary dance and art experience using innovative technology, which explores the age-old fable of Sleeping Beauty and for the first time revealing what Princess Aurora dreamt about during her 100-year slumber. Through a revolutionary fusion of visual arts, contemporary dance, light, groundbreaking real-time avatar technology and electronic dance music by bold face name collaborators, the performance unravels her passions, her fears, and her sinful desires. The technological feat is brought to life by production company, Magic Reality Group, with the use of four video projectors and 500 LED panels.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 20, 2019
by David Bailey
Event Name: The 2019 Couture & Cars Fashion Show
Event Date: Saturday, July 20th 6:30-11:00 pm
Event Location: LeMay-America’s Car Museum
Event Website: www.coutureandcars.com
We are excited to announce the 2019 COUTURE & CARS FASHION SHOW at the LeMay – America’s Car Museum on Saturday, July 20th from 6:30 pm - 11: 00 pm. We will be showcasing couture designers from the northwest region. We have merged our love of fashion and cars to bring you this unique fashion show experience!
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Feeding the Soul: Hiba Jameel trained to be a nutritionist but painting sated her
Written by Lisa Edge, Real Change News
The role art plays in Hiba Jameel’s life goes well beyond the finished piece on the canvas. Art has helped her heal. It’s spurred conversation. It’s what she looks forward to at the start of each day. Art is a lifelong passion Jameel is able to devote more time to now that she’s pressed pause on pursuing a career as a nutritionist.
“I needed to become the artist that’s in my head,” said Jameel. “I wake up, go to sleep all I think about is paintings, art, applying to shows, creating more, getting my work out there.”
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SULÉY BRAND TALK SERIES 2: Art Infusion - March 16th, 2018
Written by Editorial
SULÉY UNIVERSITY
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Seattle Washington (February 14th, 2018) – SULÉY UNIVERSITY presents SULÉY BRAND TALK SERIES 2.
Tickets are available at https://suley-brand-talk-series-2-03-16-18.eventbrite.com
WHAT: SULÉY BRAND TALK SERIES. This is a series of talks on branding, unveiling secrets of legendary brands' strategies through theoretical and practical notions. Presented by Yuliya Suleymanova, PhD Candidate & Researcher, SULÉY Group Co-Founder.
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Seattle Washington (February 10th, 2018) – SULÉY UNIVERSITY presents SULÉY BRAND TALK SERIES.
Tickets are available at https://suley-brand-talk-series-02-23-18.eventbrite.com
WHAT: SULÉY BRAND TALK SERIES. This is a series of talks on branding, unveiling secrets of legendary brands' strategies through theoretical and practical notions. Presented by Yuliya Suleymanova, PhD Candidate & Researcher, SULÉY Group Co-Founder.
SULÉY BizLab - special SULÉY Group projects presentation
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Bellevue, Washington (February 10th, 2018) – SULÉY Group presents SULÉY BizLab, interactive practical business networking event.
WHERE
The first official launch of SULÉY BizLab will take place at the Bravern Penthouse on February 24th, 2018 at 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM in Bellevue, WA.
WHAT
This SULÉY BizLab event will be featuring a special SULÉY Group projects presentation. It will be a closed private event, by invitation ONLY. Please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to R.S.V.P. for the event.
This event will cover the following SULÉY Group projects:
On The Edge is Suley Era editorial project featuring fashion model Shayna Edwards with Polak Guitars and lyrics from Solar Quantum song On The Edge
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